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GOLF CLUB. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, I922- Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

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MILTON B. REACH, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN'OR TO A. G. SPALDING & BROS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION Q15 NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed February 11, 1922. Serial No. 535,698.

To all whom it may concern a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Springfield, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Golf Clubs, of which the following is a Specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to golf clubs and particularly to putters.

The appeal of a putter is made through itslaccuracy and its feel.. Accuracy is eonduced in the inherent structure of the club by making the face as long as possible so that it may more readilybe squared with the line of play. On the other hand there is a well defined limitation imposed on this length by the necessity of giving a certain compactness to the head in order that the proper feel and balance may be insured. Efforts have been made in known putters to facilitate the sighting of the face with respect to the line of play by bringing the face. line into bolder relief so that it might hold the eye more readily. This expedient does not actually better the conditions of playing since the line for squaring' remains definitel limited by the size of the head. It is t e principal object of the present invention to provide in the head of a golf club designed primarily for putting, a sight line which shall be of materially I greater length than the face. of the club and of materially greater length actually and as viewed by' the player, than the head of the club, which sighting line shall not only improve the accuracy of play without disturbing the proper feel and balance but shall also, in the preferred embodiment, serve an important function in-the manufacture of the club by serving as am index line with which the club face is later formed parallel. In accordance with the invention it is proposed to provide in the head of the club a well defined sight line, either as a groove, rib or insert extending from the toe of the headto the top of the hosel. In its most effective embodiment the sight line will extend down the center' of the hosel (as viewed from above) and across the top of the head at a little. distance to the rear of,

but parallel to the club face.v This line,

as viewed from above, presents a very substantiaP length to the eye and thereby facilitates the squaring of the club face to the line of play.

Features of the invention which have to do with details found in the preferred embodiment will be pointed out more particularly hereinafter. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in plan of the head of a club formed with a grooved sight line.

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the head shown in Figure 1 looking from the toe towards the hosel.

The over-all length of the putter a is limited by considerations of balance and feel, it being necessary to give this head a kind of compactness to insure these necessary characteristics. Extending up from. the head a but inclined with respect thereto is a hosel a in which is fastened the club shaft 6. The face a of the head is intended to be squared olf with respect to the line of play but, ordinarily, is not of as great length as the head (1,. Since the accuracyof play depends upon the squaring of the face a with the line of flight, as indicated by the arrow, efiorts have been made to bring out the face line in bold relief so as to keep it well impressed on the consciousness of the player. But even this expediency does not actuallymake for greater accuracy since the line ofv play. This can be done only I by increasing the length of the sighting line. The present invention provides a means for doing this by embodying in the club head the sighting line 0 which extends from the toe a to the top of the hosel a. Since the hosel a is inclined baekwardly from the club head the sighting line a is visible throughout its length andfor a distance substantially longer than that which it traverses across the club head proper. The invention is not to be limited to the exact location of this sighting line a with respect to the circumference of the hosel a but in the preferred form of the invention it will appear on the center line of the hosel as viewed from above. This location will bring the line a little distance to thefrear of the face a Further, the invention is not to be limited to the. precise means forming this line 0 although in the preferred embodiment it will be cast as a groove. If desired, it might be cast as alrib or might be made up as an insert.v In any event its effect is to present to the eye a [sighting line of relatively great length thereby facilitating the squaring of the face of the line of play. A second and important function performed by the sighting line, especially when cast in the head, is that it serves as an index line to which the face must be formed parallel.

Such a guide for a workman is of importance in manufacture and insures accuracy in the finishing of the face.

I claim as my invention:

1. A club head having a hosel and a sighting line parallel to the face and extending lengthwise of the head and along the hosel" I I lengthwise of the club and along the center of the hosel and. formed as a groove cast in the head and the hosel.

This specification signed this 8th day of February A. D1922.

MILTON Bi REACH. 

